Ancient Rome at the Cinema: Story and Spectacle in Holl...
Ancient Rome at the Cinema: Story and Spectacle in Hollywood...
Myths from Mesopotamia - Creation, The Flood, Gilgamesh...
The ancient civilization of Mesopotamia thrived between the ...
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
A hilarious retelling of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Sciesz...
Culture Is Everything - The Story And System Of A Start...
Tristan Whites story started like many others. He had a dr...
Culture is Everything - The story and system of a start...
The Story And System Of A Start-Up That Became Australias ...
Stephen Curry - The Inspirational Story of Basketball S...
Discover The Inspirational Story of Basketball Superstar Ste...
All the Pieces Matter - The Inside Story of the Wire(r)...
The definitive oral history of the iconic and beloved TV s...
The Really Big Treehouse Boxed Set - (the 13-Story Tree...
Full of zany illustrations and slapstick humor, the first th...
Kevin Bridges: The Full Story Box Set DVD
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region...
The Horrible Story And Others
The House - The brilliantly tense and terrifying thriller with a shocking twist - whose story do you believe?
Need the perfect stocking filler for the discerning thriller fan?THE OBSERVER THRILLER BOOK OF THE MONTH**A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK**Over 100 5 reviews* The perfect couple. The perfect house.
The perfect crime. Londoners Jack and Syd moved into the house a year ago. It seemed like their dream home: tons of space, the perfect location, and a friendly o...
A Long Way Gone - The True Story of a Child Soldier
The first-person account of a 26-year-old who fought in the war in Sierra Leone as a 12-year-old boy. `My new friends have begun to suspect that I havent told them the full story of my life. Why did you leave Sierra Leone? Because there is a war. You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other? Yes, all the time. Cool. I smile a little. You should...
The Lady with the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904
In the final years of his life, Chekhov had reached the height of his powers as a dramatist, and also produced some of the stories that rank among his masterpieces. The poignant The Lady with the Little Dog and About Love examine the nature of love outside of marriage its romantic idealism and the fear of disillusionment. And in stories such as Peasants, The House with the Mezzani...
Finding My Place - From Cairo to Canberra - the irresistible story of an irrepressible woman
From Cairo to Canberra the irresistible story of an irrepressible woman Anne Alys
influence will be felt for years to come
It sinks in how significant she may be to public life. The Good Weekend In 2016, Anne Aly was the first Australian Muslim woman, the first Egyptian-born woman and the first counter-terrorism expert to be elected to federal parliament. She was also most proba...
Wombat and Fox - the Whole Story
Theres only one thing better than a summer holiday and thats spending a summer holiday with Wombat and Fox. This books got everything
Wombat and Fox rocks! Andy Griffiths Wherever Wombat and Fox go, trouble is never far behind. They like to live on the edge. Well, actually, Wombat likes to live on the edge Fox likes to stay well back from the edge. But the city is a surprising ...
Room on the Broom - Book and CD Pack
How the cat purred and how the witch grinned,As they sat on their broomstick and flew through the wind. The witch and her cat fly happily over forests, rivers and mountains on their broomstick until a stormy wind blows away the witchs hat, bow and wand. Luckily, they are retrieved by a dog, a bird and a frog, who are all keen for a ride on the broom. Its a case of the more, the merrier, b...
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff-- and it's All Small Stuff - Simple Ways to Keep the Little Things from Taking over Your Lif...
Dont Sweat the Small Stuff . . . and its all small stuff is a book that shows you how to keep from letting the little things in life drive you crazy. In thoughtful and insightful language, author Richard Carlson reveals ways to calm down in the midst of your incerdibly hurried, stress-filled life. You can learn to put things in perspective by making the small daily changes he suggests, inc...
Devil's Day - From the Costa winning and bestselling author of The Loney
The second novel from the Costa winning and bestselling author of The LoneyThe new master of menace Sunday TimesIn the wink of an eye, as quick as a flea, The Devil he jumped from me to thee. And only when the Devil had gone, Did I know that he and Id been one . . .Every autumn, John Pentecost returns to the farm where he grew up to help gather the sheep down from the moors for the winter. V...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass - And What Alice Found There
Its a warm summers afternoon when young Alice first tumbles down the rabbit hole and into the adventures in Wonderland that have kept readers spellbound for more than 150 years. Collected here are Lewis Carrolls two classics Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass in which Alice encounters the laconic Cheshire Cat, the anxious White Rabbit and the terrifying Red...
Sounds Appealing - The Passionate Story of English Pronunciation
Its not what you say, its the way that you say it
There have long been debates about correct pronunciation in the English language, and Britains most distinguished linguistic expert, David Crystal, is here to set the record straight. Sounds Appealing tells us exactly why, and how, we pronounce words as we do. Pronunciation is integral to communication, and is tailored to meet the de...
The Only Story
Would you rather love the more; and suffer the more; or love the less; and suffer the less? That is; I think; finally; the only real question.First love has lifelong consequences; but Paul doesnât know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen; heâs proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention.As he grows older; the demands placed on Paul by love become fa...
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Its 1946 and author Juliet Ashton cant think what to write next. Out of the blue, she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey by chance, hes acquired a book that once belonged to her and, spurred on by their mutual love of reading, they begin a correspondence. When Dawsey reveals that he is a member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, her curiosity is piqued a...
In the Line of Fire - The Inside Story from the Lions Head Coach
Warren Gatlands In the Line of Fire is the ultimate chronicle of this summers remarkable Lions tour to New Zealand home of the fearsome All Blacks, the double world champions which culminated in an historic and nerve-shredding series draw. The book is the Head Coachs wonderfully candid and vibrant record of the withering ferocity, the turbulent peaks and troughs, the triumphs and desp...
Magna Carta - The True Story Behind the Charter
A soaring account of the months that transformed a messy feudal squabble into Magna Carta
his crisp storytelling, based around short chapters and rolling rhetoric, is extremely entertaining. Dan Jones, Mail on Sunday I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Good history is descriptive, narrative and analytical. This is good history. Gerard DeGroot, The Times At Runnymede, on the banks of the Riv...
Finding Gobi (Younger Readers edition) - The True Story of One Little Dog's Big Journey
For fans of A Streetcat Named Bob comes Finding Gobi, the heart-warming true story of a dog who captured the hearts of the world. Younger readers edition. Finding Gobi is the ultimate story of hope and friendship proving once again, that dogs really are `mans best friend. In 2016, Dion Leonard, an ultramarathon runner, stumbled across a little stray dog while competing in a gruelling 15...
Playing to Win - The Inside Story of Premiership Glory
Playing to Win reveals the intimate story of how Hawthorn, Australias most successful football club over the past 60 years, won its 11th premiership.Award-winning author Michael Gordon takes the readerinside the room at the key moments during the highs and lows of Hawthorns five-year journey, from an unexpected flag in 2008 to redemption in 2013 after a narrow defeat in 2012. He exposes how th...
Bon: The Last Highway - The Untold Story of Bon Scott and AC/DC's Back in Black
The death of Bon Scott is the Da Vinci Code of rock. As the legend of the man known around the world simply as Bon has grown with each passing year since his untimely death, AC/DCs trailblazing frontman has become a rock icon. But how much of it is true and how much is myth? At the heart of Bon: The Last Highway: The Untold Story of Bon Scott and AC/DCs Back In Black is a special and unli...
Shrinks - The Untold Story of Psychiatry
A world-renowned psychiatrist reveals the fascinating story of psychiatrys origins, demise and redemption. Psychiatry has come a long way since the days of chaining lunatics in cold cells and parading them as freakish marvels before a gaping public. But, as Jeffrey Lieberman reveals in his extraordinary and eye-opening book, the path to legitimacy for the black sheep of medicine has b...
The Right Way, The Wrong Way and the Railway - Great Victorian Rail Stories
The Right Way, the Wrong Way and the Railway takes a real warts and all look at the Victorian Railways. Eight years in the making, this book abounds in history, humour, railway stuff-ups and the typical stupidity which often went with The Job. From the mysteries of safeworking to suburban shenanigans, from close shaves to the downright bizarre, this book has it all right across the state ...
Command and Control - Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
The documentary Command and Control, directed by Robert Kenner, finds its origins in Eric Schlossers book and continues to explore the little-known history of the management and safety concerns of Americas nuclear aresenal. The documentary will air on PBSs American Experience on January 10th. A myth-shattering expose of Americas nuclear weapons Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosse...
Asterix: Omnibus 11 - Asterix and The Actress, Asterix and the Class Act, Asterix and the Falling Sky
In this special collectors edition, three great Asterix albums are collected in one fabulous volume for the first time ever. In ASTERIX AND THE ACTRESS, Asterix and Obelix celebrate their joint birthday party and some surprise guests have been invitied! ASTERIX AND THE CLASS ACT contains 14 stories, including tales of the day Asterix and Obelix were born (in the middle of a village fist fight...